18th-century FRENCH SCHOOL Study sheet recto-verso: reclining figures, two repeats of heads on the right edge/ arabesque study Black stone and red chalk. (Slightly oiled, small stains and small folds on the edges). 12 x 19.5 cm Provenance : Former E. Calando, stamped lower left (Lugt 837). Then Calando fils, his inventory: "895. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. Sketches of sleepers on their backs, stomachs, etc. (left). Pencil. 12 × 19", his 1899 sale, part of lot 204: "Saint-Aubin (Augustin et Gabriel de). Portraits. - Amateur meeting. - Landscape, walk in a Park. - Ballet des Ages, etc. Ten drawings in graphite, pen and watercolor" sold for 86 fr to Lagrenée. Bibliography: E. Dacier, 1929-1931, vol. 2, no. 1130, p. 220, part of the lot.